Mineral Physiology and Physiography (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Mineral Physiology and Physiography (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Sterry Hunt and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mineral Physiology and Physiography The second title assigned to this volume, - namely, Chemical and Geological Essays, - fails to indicate its character and scope, by reason of the indefiniteness of the world Geology, which is now commonly used to designate both the Natural Philosophy and the Natural History of our earth, except so far as modern geography and meteorology, and the existing flora and fauna, are concerned; descriptive mineralogy and lithology being inseparable from the study of the earths crust. In this popular sense, geology is made to include the whole history of organic life in past ages, - a field which rightfully belongs to botany and zoology. The fossil remains of extinct organic forms, valuable as they may be in the diagnosis of stratified sedimentary strata, have, however, no geognostic significance save in their chemical and lithological relations; and paleontology should, therefore, be distinguished alike from geogeny and geognosy. The proper application of these two terms is defined farther on, in an essay on The Order of the Natural Sciences. Therein will be seen the subordination of geogeny to dynamics and chemistry, and of geognosy to descriptive and systematic mineralogy, which are included under the respective heads of Mineral Physiology and Mineral Physiography, suggesting, as the more definite title of the volume, Mineral Physiology And Physiography. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.